Twine-holder.



J. W. MORRIS.

TWINE HOLDER.

APyLIoATIoN FILED MAY 1a, 1909.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

I Il a bracket adapted to be secured to the wall,

i carrying a support for'a ball of twine, a

pivoted slotted tubular guide on the bracket and a member carried by the inner end oiZ the guide and forming both a eounterweight for the guide and a guide for the twine.

3. The combination with a suitable support, of a tube slotted on its upper side throughout its length',a loose sleeve and counterweight fitting the inner ends of said tube, and a twine guide normally positioned above said sleeve.

4. A twine holder comprising a bracket member and a tube slotted on its upper side pivoted to said bracket member and turnable in a vertical plane, a counterweight member on said tube to maintain it normally horizontal, and also serving to hold thei twine in the tube, and direction means for the twine adjacent to but supported independently of the counterweighted end of 'the tube.

5. In a twine holder, the combination of a suitably supported tube pivoted between its ends, said tube being slotted on its upper side throughout its length, means for limiting the pivotal movement of said tube, a weighted sleeve member loosely mounted on one end of the tube for maintaining the tube normally at its limit of movement in one' direction, said tube forming a guide for the twine, and twine directing means adjacent to the opposite limit of movement of the tube, and the end of the twine passed over said direction means and through the tube.

6. In a twine holder, the combination of a suit-ably supported tube pivoted between its ends, counterweight member on the forming a guide for the twine, meansV for limiting the pivotal movement of said tube, a weighted sleeve member loosely mounted on one end of the tub-e for maintaining the tube normally at its limit of movement in one direction, said tube forming a guide for the twine, and twine directing means adjacent to the opposite limit of movement of the tube, and the end of the .twine passed over said direction means and through the tube, said twine direction means having means for gripping the twine when said tube is at its opposite limit of movement.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses JAMES W. MORRIS. vVltnesses:

CHARLES A. PENFIELD, CHARLES EDELMAN. 

